ODARA Factsheet
Overview of the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA).
Improving Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence by Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias
In 2022, the Department of Justice released updated guidance on Improving Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence by Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias. This guidance is designed to help law enforcement agencies recognize, mitigate, and prevent gender bias and other bias from compromising the response to, and investigation of, sexual assault, domestic … Continued
Police Practice and Research Risk Scores and Reliability of the SARA, SARA-V3, B-SAFER, and ODARA Among Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Cases Referred for Threat Assessment
Threat assessment services help police by identifying risk and recommending ways to mitigate risk for cases perceived to have a high potential for intimate partner violence (IPV). However, research has yet to show that cases referred for threat assessment score higher on IPV risk tools than routine policing samples, which would show whether referrals are … Continued
New Approaches to Policing High-Risk Intimate Partner Victims and Offenders
This article examines two victim-focused models of intimate partner violence (IPV) risk assessment that are used in the United States: the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) and the Domestic Violence High-Risk Team (DVHRT) model. In 2012 NIJ and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) launched the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative to further expand … Continued
“You Do Not Think of Me as a Human Being”: Race and Gender Inequities Intersect to Discourage Police Reporting of Violence against Women
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) are drivers of women’s morbidity and mortality in urban environments yet remain among the most underreported crimes in the USA. Twenty-six in-depth interviews were conducted with women who experienced past-year IPV or SV, to explore structural and community influences on police contact in Baltimore, MD. Results indicate … Continued
How Arizona Prosecutors Implemented a Statewide Domestic Violence Risk Assessment
Arizona recently implemented a statewide domestic violence risk assessment tool for intimate partners that measures the perpetrator’s likelihood to commit a severe re-assault within seven months that would result in serious physical injury or death to the victim. How did Arizona develop and implement this tool, known as the APRAIS (Arizona intimate Partner Risk Assessment … Continued
PROTECTING VICTIMS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: Arizona’s Emerging Risk Assessment Model
Article on the use of the Arizona Intimate Partner Risk Assessment Instrument System (APRAIS), developed in Yavapai County, Arizona.
The Association between Homicide Risk and Intimate Partner Violence Arrest
This paper examines police officer decisions to make an arrest in intimate partner violence (IPV) cases in a jurisdiction with a discretionary arrest policy that uses risk assessment at the scene of a domestic violence incident. Police-involved victims of IPV were interviewed at two time-points. Of the 266 cases, the offender was arrested in 105 … Continued
How Arizona Prosecutors Implemented a Statewide Domestic Violence Risk Assessment
Arizona recently implemented a statewide domestic violence risk assessment tool for intimate partners that measures the perpetrator’s likelihood to commit a severe re-assault within seven months that would result in serious physical injury or death to the victim. This tool, known as the APRAIS (Arizona intimate Partner Risk Assessment Instrument System), is approved by the … Continued
Informing Collaborative Interventions: Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment for Front Line Police Officers
Police officers have a unique opportunity to administer risk assessment at the scene of intimate partner violence (IPV) incidents. This article examines the predictive validity of two IPV risk assessments developed for administration by front line police officers and intended to inform collaborative interventions between the criminal justice and social service systems. The Lethality Screen … Continued